MMA Top 25 by weight class through fights of October 31, 2018
Heavyweight - over 205 lbs.
| Oct Rank |
Nov Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | October results; •November schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Daniel Cormier | HW | 92.09 | 17-1-0 | UFC | [HW title holder] •11/03 vs. #4 Derrick Lewis (to retain HW title) |
| 2 | 2 | Stipe Miocic | HW | 59.76 | 13-3-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Ryan Bader | HW | 52.33 | 18-5-0 | Bell | Beat #13 Matt Mitrione |
| 8 | 4 | Derrick Lewis | HW | 39.92 | 10-3-0 | UFC | Beat #4 Alexander Volkov; •11/03 vs. #1 Daniel Cormier (for HW title) |
| 5 | 5 | Cain Velasquez | HW | 38.88 | 12-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -27 months. |
| 6 | 6 | Curtis Blaydes | HW | 34.21 | 6-1-0 | UFC | •11/24 vs. #14 Francis Ngannou |
| 7 | 7 | Fabricio Werdum | HW | 31.57 | 23-8-1 | UFC | |
| 9 | 8 | Vitaly Minakov | HW | 28.43 | 13-0-0 | FNG | |
| 4 | 9 | Alexander Volkov | HW | 27.93 | 18-6-0 | UFC | Lost to #8 Derrick Lewis |
| 10 | 10 | Alistair Overeem | HW | 25.53 | 37-17-0 | UFC | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 12 | 11 | Cheick Kongo | HW | 25.19 | 27-10-2 | Bell | Beat #31 Timothy Johnson |
| 11 | 12 | Mirko Filipovic | HW | 23.72 | 33-11-2 | Rizi | |
| 14 | 13 | Junior dos Santos | HW | 22.17 | 13-4-0 | UFC | •12/01 vs. Tai Tuivasa |
| 15 | 14 | Francis Ngannou | HW | 21.18 | 5-2-0 | UFC | •11/24 vs. #6 Curtis Blaydes |
| 16 | 15 | Sergey Pavlovich | HW | 19.94 | 7-0-0 | FNG | |
| 17 | 16 | Dalcha Lungiambula | HW | 19.01 | 6-1-0 | EFC | |
| 18 | 17 | Mukhomad Vakhaev | HW | 18.23 | 3-1-1 | ACB | --last rated win -14 months; •11/10 vs. tba |
| 24 | 18 | Fedor Emelianenko | HW | 18.06 | 32-5-0 | Bell | Beat #29 Chael Sonnen |
| 13 | 19 | Matt Mitrione | HW | 16.46 | 12-6-0 | Bell | Lost to #3 Ryan Bader |
| 19 | 20 | Evgeniy Goncharov | HW | 16.46 | 4-0-0 | WFCA | |
| 20 | 21 | Josh Barnett | HW | 16.16 | 35-8-0 | UFC | --last rated win -25 months. |
| 21 | 22 | Denis Goltsov | HW | 15.88 | 12-5-0 | Leag | |
| 22 | 23 | Alexey Oleynik | HW | 15.74 | 31-11-1 | UFC | |
| 23 | 24 | Justin Willis | HW | 15.56 | 3-0-0 | UFC | •12/01 vs. Mark Hunt |
| 25 | 25 | Amir Aliakbari | HW | 15.27 | 7-1-0 | ACB |
Light Heavyweight - 205 lb. limit
| Oct Rank |
Nov Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | October results; •November schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Jon Jones | LH | 78.92 | 16-1-0 | UFC | --last rated win -30 months. |
| 2 | 2 | Phil Davis | LH | 34.48 | 14-4-0 | Bell | [interim LH title holder] •11/15 vs. #21 Vadim Nemkov (to retain interim LH title) |
| 3 | 3 | Anthony Johnson | LH | 31.10 | 21-6-0 | UFC | --last rated win -26 months. |
| 4 | 4 | Tomasz Narkun | LH | 28.67 | 10-2-0 | KSW | •12/01 vs. #5 Mamed Khalidov (for interim LH title?) |
| 5 | 5 | Mamed Khalidov | LH | 22.27 | 23-2-2 | KSW | --last rated win -17 months; •12/01 vs. #4 Tomasz Narkun (for interim LH title?) |
| 7 | 6 | Anthony 'Lionheart' Smith | LH | 21.56 | 18-7-0 | UFC | Beat #26 Volkan Oezdemir |
| 6 | 7 | Thiago 'Marreta' Santos | LH | 20.99 | 10-4-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 8 | Dominick Reyes | LH | 18.51 | 5-0-0 | UFC | Beat #20 Ovince St. Preux |
| 9 | 9 | Ilir Latifi | LH | 18.49 | 9-3-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 10 | Alexander Gustafsson | LH | 18.47 | 12-4-0 | UFC | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 11 | 11 | Aleksandar Rakic | LH | 17.99 | 4-0-0 | UFC | |
| 12 | 12 | Jan Blachowicz | LH | 17.44 | 17-5-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 13 | Jordan Johnson | LH | 17.06 | 4-0-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 14 | Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov | LH | 16.02 | 4-0-0 | ACB | |
| 10 | 15 | Maxim Grishin | LH | 15.92 | 14-4-1 | Prof | Drew vs. #75 Smealinho Rama |
| 16 | 16 | Tito Ortiz | LH | 15.17 | 19-12-1 | Bell | --last rated win -21 months; •11/24 vs. Chuck Lidell |
| 17 | 17 | Corey Anderson | LH | 15.06 | 6-3-0 | UFC | |
| 18 | 18 | Ion Cutelaba | LH | 14.92 | 4-2-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 19 | Klidson Farias de Abreu | LH | 14.87 | 2-0-0 | RCC | |
| 21 | 20 | Rashid Yusupov | LH | 14.28 | 5-1-0 | Prof | |
| 23 | 21 | Vadim Nemkov | LH | 13.99 | 4-2-0 | Bell | •11/15 vs. #2 Phil Davis |
| 24 | 22 | Paul Craig | LH | 13.99 | 3-2-0 | UFC | •12/01 vs. Jim Crute |
| 22 | 23 | Mauricio Rua | LH | 13.85 | 22-11-0 | UFC | --last rated win -19 months; •12/01 vs. Tyson Pedro |
| 25 | 24 | Antonio Rogerio Nogueira | LH | 13.45 | 21-8-0 | UFC | |
| 27 | 25 | Gadzhimurad Antigulov | LH | 13.10 | 8-1-0 | UFC | --last rated win -17 months. |
Middleweight - 185 lb. limit
| Oct Rank |
Nov Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | October results; •November schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Robert Whittaker | MW | 75.97 | 12-4-0 | UFC | [MW title holder] |
| 2 | 2 | Georges St. Pierre | MW | 72.23 | 24-2-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Gegard Mousasi | MW | 54.28 | 36-6-2 | Bell | |
| 4 | 4 | Yoel Romero | MW | 43.18 | 10-3-0 | UFC | |
| 5 | 5 | Kelvin Gastelum | MW | 42.39 | 11-3-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | Luke Rockhold | MW | 39.13 | 14-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 7 | 7 | Chris Weidman | MW | 31.92 | 11-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -15 months; •11/03 vs. #11 Ronaldo Souza |
| 8 | 8 | David Branch | MW | 30.33 | 14-4-0 | UFC | •11/03 vs. Jarod Cannonier |
| 9 | 9 | Michael Bisping | MW | 28.30 | 24-9-0 | UFC | --last rated win -24 months. |
| 10 | 10 | Rory MacDonald | MW | 23.58 | 15-5-0 | Bell | |
| 11 | 11 | Ronaldo Souza | MW | 21.91 | 21-5-0 | UFC | •11/03 vs. #7 Chris Weidman |
| 12 | 12 | Antonio Carlos Jr. | MW | 20.21 | 5-1-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 13 | Israel Adesanya | MW | 20.07 | 3-0-0 | UFC | •11/03 vs. Derek Brunson |
| 14 | 14 | Rafael Lovato Jr. | MW | 18.97 | 6-0-0 | Bell | |
| 15 | 15 | Elias Theodorou | MW | 18.56 | 10-2-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 16 | Artem Frolov | MW | 18.38 | 6-0-0 | M-1 | •11/02 vs. Bruno 'Blindado' Silva |
| 29 | 17 | Michal Materla | MW | 18.01 | 19-6-0 | KSW | Beat Damian Janikowski |
| 18 | 18 | Lyoto Machida | MW | 17.67 | 23-8-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 19 | Paulo Henrique Costa | MW | 17.14 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 21 | 20 | Rafael Carvalho | MW | 16.61 | 7-1-0 | Bell | |
| 24 | 21 | Scott Askham | MW | 16.60 | 9-4-0 | KSW | Beat Marcin Wojcik |
| 22 | 22 | Marc-Andre Barriault | MW | 16.26 | 3-0-0 | TKO | |
| 23 | 23 | Cezar Ferreira | MW | 16.21 | 9-5-0 | UFC | •11/17 vs. Tom Breese |
| 25 | 24 | Brad Tavares | MW | 15.82 | 12-5-0 | UFC | |
| 26 | 25 | Gerald Meerschaert | MW | 15.80 | 14-5-0 | UFC |
Welterweight - 170 lb. limit
| Oct Rank |
Nov Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | October results; •November schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Tyron Woodley | WW | 67.68 | 16-3-1 | UFC | [WW title holder] |
| 2 | 2 | Colby Covington | WW | 52.88 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Ben Askren | WW | 43.52 | 14-0-0 | One | |
| 4 | 4 | Kamaru Usman | WW | 39.20 | 8-0-0 | UFC | •11/30 vs. #5 Rafael dos Anjos |
| 5 | 5 | Rafael dos Anjos | WW | 38.01 | 20-8-0 | UFC | •11/30 vs. #4 Kamaru Usman |
| 6 | 6 | Douglas Lima | WW | 33.44 | 15-3-0 | Bell | |
| 7 | 7 | Robbie Lawler | WW | 30.65 | 29-12-0 | UFC | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 8 | 8 | Santiago Ponzinibbio | WW | 29.68 | 8-1-0 | UFC | •11/17 vs. Neil Magny |
| 9 | 9 | Leon Edwards | WW | 28.91 | 10-2-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Jon Fitch | WW | 28.09 | 30-6-1 | Bell | |
| 11 | 11 | Alex Oliveira | WW | 26.06 | 8-2-0 | UFC | |
| 12 | 12 | Ramazan Emeev | WW | 25.42 | 11-1-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 13 | Nate Diaz | WW | 24.98 | 17-11-0 | UFC | --last rated win -31 months. |
| 14 | 14 | Stephen Thompson | WW | 24.35 | 10-3-1 | UFC | |
| 15 | 15 | Darren Till | WW | 23.29 | 5-1-1 | UFC | |
| 16 | 16 | Alexey Kunchenko | WW | 23.21 | 9-0-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 17 | Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos | WW | 22.16 | 9-2-0 | UFC | |
| 18 | 18 | Michel Prazeres | WW | 21.17 | 10-2-0 | UFC | •11/17 vs. Bartosz Fabinski |
| 19 | 19 | Andrey Koreshkov | WW | 20.63 | 13-3-0 | Bell | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 20 | 20 | James Nakashima | WW | 20.49 | 6-0-0 | LFA | |
| 21 | 21 | Mukhamed Berkhamov | WW | 20.12 | 6-0-0 | ACB | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 54 | 22 | Ray Cooper III | WW | 19.51 | 7-2-0 | Prof | Beat #89 Jake Shields; Beat Handesson Ferreira |
| 22 | 23 | Yancy Medeiros | WW | 19.33 | 9-5-0 | UFC | |
| 23 | 24 | Michael Page | WW | 19.22 | 8-0-0 | Bell | |
| 24 | 25 | Belal Muhammad | WW | 19.05 | 9-2-0 | UFC |
Lightweight - 155 lb. limit
| Oct Rank |
Nov Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | October results; •November schedule |
| 3 | 1 | Khabib Nurmagomedov | LW | 69.43 | 13-0-0 | UFC | Beat #1 Conor McGregor [new LW title holder] |
| 2 | 2 | Tony Ferguson | LW | 59.60 | 17-1-0 | UFC | Beat #28 Anthony Pettis |
| 4 | 3 | Dustin Poirier | LW | 50.22 | 18-5-0 | UFC | |
| 1 | 4 | Conor McGregor | LW | 47.21 | 13-2-0 | UFC | Lost to #3 Khabib Nurmagomedov |
| 5 | 5 | Eddie Alvarez | LW | 40.55 | 25-6-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | Kevin Lee | LW | 30.01 | 14-3-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Akhmed Aliev | LW | 27.89 | 10-1-0 | FNG | |
| 8 | 8 | Rustam Khabilov | LW | 25.39 | 12-3-0 | UFC | |
| 9 | 9 | Alexander Hernandez | LW | 25.32 | 4-0-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Eduard Folayang | LW | 24.48 | 9-5-0 | One | |
| 11 | 11 | Michael Chandler | LW | 24.26 | 14-4-0 | Bell | |
| 12 | 12 | Ali Bagov | LW | 24.25 | 11-7-0 | ACB | |
| 13 | 13 | Brent Primus | LW | 23.27 | 5-0-0 | Bell | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 14 | 14 | Patricky Freire | LW | 22.83 | 12-7-0 | Bell | |
| 15 | 15 | David Teymur | LW | 22.33 | 5-0-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 16 | Justin Gaethje | LW | 22.32 | 13-2-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 17 | Mateusz Gamrot | LW | 21.63 | 8-0-0 | KSW | |
| 18 | 18 | Islam Makhachev | LW | 21.54 | 9-1-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 19 | Leonardo Santos | LW | 21.06 | 7-0-1 | UFC | --last rated win -24 months. |
| 20 | 20 | Rashid Magomedov | LW | 20.96 | 11-1-1 | Prof | Drew vs. #24 Will Brooks; Beat #70 Thiago Tavares |
| 21 | 21 | Mairbek Taisumov | LW | 20.44 | 12-4-0 | UFC | |
| 22 | 22 | Mansour Barnaoui | LW | 19.49 | 9-4-0 | Road | |
| 29 | 23 | Islam Mamedov | LW | 19.42 | 5-0-0 | Prof | Beat #70 Thiago Tavares |
| 24 | 24 | Will Brooks | LW | 19.24 | 14-4-1 | Prof | Drew vs. #20 Rashid Magomedov |
| 23 | 25 | Yusuf Raisov | LW | 18.78 | 6-1-0 | ACB | •11/10 vs. Andre Winner |
Featherweight - 145 lb. limit
| Oct Rank |
Nov Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | October results; •November schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Max Holloway | FW | 59.23 | 17-3-0 | UFC | [FW title holder] |
| 2 | 2 | Brian Ortega | FW | 38.98 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Patricio Freire | FW | 37.63 | 14-4-0 | Bell | •11/15 vs. #8 Emmanuel Sanchez |
| 5 | 4 | Alexander Volkanovski | FW | 31.50 | 9-0-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 5 | Darrion Caldwell | FW | 30.77 | 8-1-0 | Bell | |
| 22 | 6 | Lance Palmer | FW | 29.71 | 12-3-0 | Prof | Beat Max Coga; Beat #4 Andre Harrison |
| 7 | 7 | Frankie Edgar | FW | 26.69 | 17-6-1 | UFC | |
| 8 | 8 | Emmanuel Sanchez | FW | 26.23 | 11-2-0 | Bell | •11/15 vs. #3 Patricio Freire |
| 9 | 9 | Jose Aldo | FW | 26.23 | 21-4-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Pat Curran | FW | 23.81 | 13-4-0 | Bell | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 4 | 11 | Andre Harrison | FW | 23.63 | 13-1-0 | Prof | Beat Alexandre Bezerra; Lost to #22 Lance Palmer |
| 11 | 12 | Ryogo Takahashi | FW | 22.96 | 9-3-0 | Shoo | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 12 | 13 | Zabit Magomedsharipov | FW | 22.87 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 14 | Kleber Koike Erbst | FW | 21.20 | 13-1-0 | KSW | |
| 14 | 15 | Darren Elkins | FW | 21.05 | 15-5-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 16 | Salaman Zhamaldaev | FW | 20.53 | 8-0-0 | WFCA | |
| 16 | 17 | Renato Carneiro | FW | 19.92 | 5-1-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 18 | Daniel Weichel | FW | 19.48 | 20-10-0 | Bell | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 18 | 19 | A.J. McKee | FW | 18.49 | 6-0-0 | Bell | |
| 19 | 20 | Koyomi Matsushima | FW | 18.39 | 6-3-0 | One | |
| 20 | 21 | Isao Kobayashi | FW | 18.18 | 20-5-2 | Panc | |
| 23 | 22 | Mirsad Bektic | FW | 17.46 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 63 | 23 | Calvin Kattar | FW | 17.40 | 9-2-0 | UFC | Beat #21 Chris Fishgold |
| 24 | 24 | Arnold Allen | FW | 16.53 | 5-0-0 | UFC | •11/30 vs. Gilbert Melendez |
| 25 | 25 | Kevin Aguilar | FW | 16.22 | 5-1-0 | Dana |
Bantamweight - 135 lb. limit
| Oct Rank |
Nov Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | October results; •November schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Bibiano Fernandes | BW | 47.76 | 19-1-0 | One | [BW title holder] |
| 2 | 2 | T.J. Dillashaw | BW | 44.71 | 11-2-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Kyoji Horiguchi | BW | 41.90 | 23-2-0 | Rizi | |
| 4 | 4 | Marlon Moraes | BW | 31.49 | 16-3-0 | UFC | |
| 5 | 5 | Raphael Assuncao | BW | 30.26 | 22-5-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | Aljamain Sterling | BW | 27.44 | 10-3-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 7 | Kevin Belingon | BW | 24.86 | 8-3-0 | One | |
| 7 | 8 | Dominick Cruz | BW | 24.48 | 16-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -28 months. |
| 9 | 9 | John Lineker | BW | 23.99 | 10-2-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Shintaro Ishiwatari | BW | 23.66 | 18-6-3 | Rizi | |
| 13 | 11 | Yuki Motoya | BW | 21.17 | 15-2-0 | Deep | Beat #77 Makoto Kamaya |
| 11 | 12 | Martin Nguyen | BW | 20.79 | 4-2-0 | One | |
| 12 | 13 | Jimmie Rivera | BW | 20.74 | 13-1-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 14 | Daichi Takenaka | BW | 19.85 | 9-0-0 | One | |
| 15 | 15 | Rafael 'Morcego' Silva | BW | 19.51 | 7-3-0 | Panc | |
| 16 | 16 | Go Kashiwazaki | BW | 18.62 | 11-1-2 | Zst | |
| 17 | 17 | Ricardo Ramos | BW | 17.74 | 4-1-0 | UFC | |
| 18 | 18 | Pedro Munhoz | BW | 17.63 | 9-3-0 | UFC | •11/30 vs. Bryan Caraway |
| 19 | 19 | Kenji Kato | BW | 17.24 | 5-0-0 | Shoo | |
| 20 | 20 | Movsar Evloev | BW | 17.22 | 5-0-0 | M-1 | |
| 22 | 21 | Ricky Simon | BW | 16.91 | 7-1-0 | UFC | |
| 21 | 22 | Hiromasa Ogikubo | BW | 16.90 | 13-4-1 | Rizi | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 23 | 23 | Petr Yan | BW | 16.86 | 4-0-0 | UFC | |
| 24 | 24 | Myung Gu Kim | BW | 16.56 | 2-0-0 | Heat | |
| 25 | 25 | Sean O'Malley | BW | 16.44 | 3-0-0 | UFC |
Flyweight - 125 lb. limit
| Oct Rank |
Nov Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | October results; •November schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Henry Cejudo | FL | 39.57 | 7-2-0 | UFC | [FL title holder] |
| 2 | 2 | Demetrious Johnson | FL | 35.29 | 18-3-1 | UFC | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Senzo Ikeda | FL | 22.98 | 9-3-1 | Panc | |
| 5 | 4 | Deiveson Figueiredo | FL | 21.77 | 5-0-0 | UFC | |
| 24 | 5 | Jussier da Silva | FL | 21.40 | 12-5-0 | UFC | Beat #4 Sergio Pettis |
| 6 | 6 | Haruo Ochi | FL | 19.66 | 14-7-2 | Rizi | |
| 7 | 7 | Reece McLaren | FL | 19.24 | 5-2-0 | One | |
| 8 | 8 | Azamat Kerefov | FL | 18.30 | 2-0-0 | ACB | |
| 9 | 9 | Seiichiro Ito | FL | 18.02 | 9-1-2 | Rizi | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 10 | 10 | Askar Askarov | FL | 18.00 | 5-0-0 | ACB | |
| 11 | 11 | Geje Eustaquio | FL | 17.83 | 5-4-0 | One | |
| 13 | 12 | Joshua Pacio | FL | 17.07 | 1-0-0 | One | |
| 14 | 13 | Mitsuhisa Sunabe | FL | 17.02 | 19-8-4 | Rizi | |
| 12 | 14 | Joseph Benavidez | FL | 16.89 | 19-5-0 | UFC | --last rated win -22 months; •11/10 vs. Ray Borg |
| 15 | 15 | Tatsumitsu Wada | FL | 16.88 | 14-4-2 | One | |
| 16 | 16 | Chihiro Suzuki | FL | 16.03 | 3-0-0 | Panc | |
| 17 | 17 | Alex Perez | FL | 15.80 | 5-2-0 | UFC | |
| 18 | 18 | Danny Kingad | FL | 15.62 | 1-0-0 | One | |
| 4 | 19 | Sergio Pettis | FL | 15.61 | 9-4-0 | UFC | Lost to #24 Jussier da Silva |
| 19 | 20 | Matt Schnell | FL | 15.58 | 2-0-0 | UFC | |
| 20 | 21 | Zhalgas Zhumagulov | FL | 15.27 | 3-0-0 | FNG | |
| 21 | 22 | Alex 'Little Rock' Silva | FL | 15.17 | 2-1-0 | One | |
| 22 | 23 | Tatsuki Saomoto | FL | 15.12 | 8-1-0 | Zst | |
| 23 | 24 | Takumi Tamaru | FL | 14.74 | 4-1-1 | Shoo | •11/17 vs. Tadaaki Yamamoto |
| 25 | 25 | Yoshitaka Naito | FL | 13.84 | 9-2-0 | One |